Trusted foodservice brand Country Range is making it easier for caterers to offer their customers pastry perfection this Veganuary with the launch of two new delicious products – a Vegan Sausage Roll and a Vegan Pasty.The two new arrivals from the innovative brand come frozen and are available exclusively via the thirteen independent wholesalers that make up … [Read more...]
HRC 2020 – Rational is bigger, better and live
The Rational stand will be bigger, better and more comprehensive than ever at the HRC show in March. 2020 sees Rational’s biggest ever stand and the company will be showcasing its market leading VarioCookingCenter and SelfCookingCenter appliances.The company will also be providing opportunities to see how its connected cooking works. Rational’s ConnectedCooking, which is … [Read more...]
Five minutes with… TWO Services
TWO Services: Who are we and what do we do?We’re an award-winning family business, specialising in the cleaning and maintenance of commercial kitchens and equipment for the FM and catering industries.As we’ve grown, we’ve stayed true to the values and service ethos of a family business. That’s why we were so thrilled to be the London and South East Family Business of … [Read more...]
Ban on chlorinated chicken and hormone enhanced beef from the US to continue post Brexit
Theresa Villiers, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has told the BBC in an interview with the Countryfile programme that Chlorinated chicken and hormone enhanced beef from the US will not be entering into the UK post Brexit.The Secretary of State told Countryfile that the current EU ban on these imports would be continued and be part of UK … [Read more...]
COO appointed at Umbrella supporting sustainable growth
Leading nationwide training and apprenticeship provider for the hospitality sector, Umbrella Training has announced the promotion of Jo Simovic to chief operating officer - supporting the company’s sustainable growth.Formerly director of excellence, Simovic will take up the new position this month and will oversee the complete operational and quality running of Umbrella … [Read more...]
Barclaycard report consumer spending down but pubs and takeaway up
Data from Barclaycard, which sees nearly half of the nation’s credit and debit card transactions, reveals that spending on essentials declined 0.9 per cent in December overall but pubs and takeaways saw substantial rises in spending.Many retailers also continued to see contractions in year-on-year spending: clothing spend was down 3.3 per cent, while specialist retailers … [Read more...]
Casual Dining food and drink trends 2020
Market leading trade show Casual Dining asked some of the UK’s favourite pubs, bars and restaurants what Casual Dining Food and drink trends 2020 they have an eye on. More than a dozen industry experts took part that collectively operate circa 8,000 venues.While their responses were varied – banana blossom, bergamot, better beef, mussels, seacuterie, kohlrabi, Asian broths, … [Read more...]
Shrink your footprint and expand your menu
Prepare moist, perfectly cooked eggs for any daypart with more flexibility than ever. The Egg Station Mini quickly cooks hassle-free eggs, omelettes, and scrambles from anywhere in your kitchen.How do you free up grill space, improve menu consistency, and shorten cook times for your eggs, omelettes, and scrambles?Do it with the versatile Egg Station Mini — combining the … [Read more...]
New restaurant report: What UK consumers want from eating out
Research carried out with 70,000 businesses reveals that adults eat out in Great Britain each year on 2.4 billion occasions. Young people are most likely to dine out with couples and under 35’s eating out once a week. The research will help form a new annual market report revealing what British consumers want from restaurants.It is based on a detailed analysis of … [Read more...]
Morgenrot launches two new brews From vandeStreek
Manchester-based drinks importer Morgenrot has extended its acclaimed vandeStreek selection of low alcoholic brews from the Netherlands with the launch of a fresh and fruity sour beer called Fruit Machine.Available to the ON and OFF Trade in 33cl bottles in cases of 24, the new Fruit Machine is brewed with fresh raspberries and blueberries plus utilises Amarillo and Cascade … [Read more...]
Country Range Student Chef Challenge 2019/20 Semi-finalists revealed
Following a very competitive paper judging stage, fourteen college teams have been announced as semi-finalists for the Country Range Student Chef Challenge 2019/2020, chaired by Head Judge Chris Basten.The 14 successful teams taking part in the semi-final heats, which will take place in early February, are:Ayrshire College (Ayr Campus) Ayrshire College (Kilmarnock … [Read more...]
Three minutes invested in merchant service charge savings adds significantly to your bottom line
If you take card payments your merchant services charges are probably higher than they need to be. Invest just three minutes of your time watching how we save our hospitality client's significant amounts of money at no cost... For more information click here Call 0207 160 0075 or email contact@bankbrokers.co.uk for more information or connect with our UK MD … [Read more...]
Warewashing Planned Preventative Maintenance 2020 by Meiko UK
New year for the hospitality industry is a time to look back and look forward, how did the business perform in 2019 and how can we build and develop that in 2020. For all hospitality and catering businesses the kitchen is the engine room of the business. To ensure optimal efficiency in the kitchen every piece of equipment needs to be maintained and managed. The Planned … [Read more...]
A decade of hospitality and catering advertising in review
As today is the first day of a new decade and we welcome in 2020, we couldn’t resist looking back over the past ten years to see which advertising pages resonated most with readers throughout the decade just passed. So, without further ado or comment here they are in ascending order by which have been read the most. Rational presents the new … [Read more...]
